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EnzyPred, a novel deep learning framework integrating protein language models and molecular fingerprints, accurately predicts enzyme-substrate interactions and successfully identifies novel biocatalysts and substrates in experimental settings. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To develop and experimentally evaluate EnzyPred, a deep learning framework that integrates protein language representations, chemical fingerprinting, and targeted fine-tuning to predict enzyme–substrate interactions.

August 27, 2026Journal of CheminformaticsOpen Access

Research EnzyPred: a general model for predicting enzyme–substrate interactions using deep learning, parallel LoRA, and, natural language processing-inspired approaches

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To develop and experimentally evaluate EnzyPred, a deep learning framework that integrates protein language representations, chemical fingerprinting, and targeted fine-tuning to predict enzyme–substrate interactions.
Trained on 32,833 positive enzyme–substrate pairs and 32,833 negative pairs generated using soft clustering, molecular descriptors, and Tanimoto similarity.
Integrated Evolutionary Scale Modeling (ESM) representations for enzymes and Extended Connectivity Fingerprinting (ECFP) for substrates.
Implemented Low Range Parallel Adapter (LoRA-P) and Inference-time Prioritized Fine-tuning (PFT) for pair-specific model adaptation.
EnzyPred attained an average interaction prediction accuracy of 86.97%.
Correctly predicted the enzyme converting 4'-O-methylnorbelladine to N-desmethylnarwedine in Amaryllidaceae transcriptomes, validated experimentally for galantamine synthesis.
Identified 747 active candidate compounds for acetylcholinesterase from the ZINC22 database, with all 9 prioritized compounds confirmed active upon experimental testing.

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Computational validation study demonstrates accurate enzyme–substrate interaction prediction across diverse enzymes, suggesting broad utility for drug discovery and metabolic engineering.

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Nuñez et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8fea0d10c91c1e92622103 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-026-01282-7

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Computational validation study demonstrates accurate enzyme–substrate interaction prediction across diverse enzymes, suggesting broad utility for drug discovery and metabolic engineering.

Research EnzyPred: a general model for predicting enzyme–substrate interactions using deep learning, parallel LoRA, and, natural language processing-inspired approaches

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